Hormonal treatment of mammary carcinoma with Progynon-Depot and Depostat.

The results of combined treatment with 90 mg estradiol valerianate and 300 mg 17-alpha-hydroxy-19-norprogesterone-capronate (SH 834) (3 ml once a week i.m.) in 117 cases with disseminated or inoperable mammary carcinoma are reported. Objective remissions of 3 to 36 months were obtained in 48 patients. Soft tissue, lung and pleura metastases responded more favourably than bone metastases. Liver and brain metastases were unaffected.